Category Archives: judaism

Seven Synagogues for Seven Days

It’s holidays season again. I was on the road until the eve of Rosh HaShannah, so I am a little late with my festive post for the beginning of 5776. Not too late I hope, as there is a full … Continue reading

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Hanukkah Rocks

With Arik Einstein having left us on the eve of Hanukkah the whole holiday looks different. I do not know how Arik was celebrating the holiday. His daughters married in very religious families, he was in-law-ed with his ex-partner Uri … Continue reading

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… on Hebrew Themes … (Hag Sukkot Sameakh!)

After many years I renewed this season my subscription at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. An announcement received yesterday inspired me for the theme to pick for this Sukkot holiday. A change in program brings in the first concert of the … Continue reading

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Kol Nidre 5773

“All [personal] vows we are likely to make, all [personal] oaths and pledges we are likely to take between this Yom Kippur and the next Yom Kippur, we publicly renounce. Let them all be relinquished and abandoned, null and void, … Continue reading

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Hag Purim Sameah!

The traditional holiday posting for this Purim gathers music and filmed images, all fun I hope, related to this fun holiday.It’s probably the easiest Jewish holiday to cover 🙂   (video source rogatkaproductions)   The first clip shows a Western … Continue reading

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The New Year of the Trees

Tradition is tradition and as on all Jewish Holidays, The Catcher in the Sand celebrated Tu B’Shvat – The Jewish New Year of the Trees with a collection of interesting and fun information, songs, clips gathered from the Internet and … Continue reading

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Gmar Hatima Tova

It’s the eve of Yom Kippur and the Jewish world prepares for the fasting and the prayers. As I start to build a tradition also for the Jewish holidays on ‘The Catcher in the Sand’ here are a few works … Continue reading

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Shana Tova!

Here we are, on the eve of the Jewish New Year or Rosh HaShana. The Year we enter in this evening is 5772.     The coming of the holiday is announced by the sound of the shofar, which is … Continue reading

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Francis Mantel – Despre rodii

Un text interesant si documentat cum sunt intotdeauna cele scrise de prietenul meu Francis Mantel caruia ii multumesc pentru permisiunea acordata de a-l prelua aici. ———————- Apropo de rodii. Voi mentiona acum doar trei observatii: (i) Se mananca traditional rodii de … Continue reading

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Hag Purim Sameach

They say that Not Everyday is Purim, but today it is (or almost)! We went out for a morning walk in Herzlya and the streets were full of Queens Esther, brave Mordechai’s and Gadhafi’s … uh … sorry … Haman’s. … Continue reading

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